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Letter-Writing : Historical Rafts Assignment


Teacher Name: Mr. Plouffe


Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY

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Grammar & spelling (conventions)

Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling.

Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling.

Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling

Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling.

Ideas

Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.

Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organziation could have been better.

Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.

The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.

Historical Accuracy

The letter contains at least 5 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains 3-4 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains 1-2 accurate facts about the topic.

The letter contains no accurate facts about the topic.

Length

The letter is 250 or more words.

The letter is 220-249 words.

The letter is 200-219 words.

The letter is less than 219 words.

Capitalization and Punctuation

Writer makes no errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes 3-4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Writer makes more than 4 errors in capitalization and punctuation.

Format

Complies with all the requirements for the sort of writing that is required. Register is appropriate. Language used shows knowledge of time period.

Complies with almost all the requirements for the sort of writing that is required. Register is appropriate. Language used shows some knowledge of time period.

Complies with some elements of the writing that is required. Register is not always appropriate. Language used shows little knowledge of time period.

Complies with less than 75% of the requirements for this section.

 

Date Created: Feb 26, 2009 06:07 pm (CST)